Rubber sole for shoes and the like.



Patented July 16, 1,9m

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520i/hmmm 1 www We onthe-Rhine, in tliefKingdom et' Pro such asv leather-strips let into i 201fra'me, for fastening the rubber-frame by 50V solo 'being inserted.

FREDRICH WETTE, KBLENEZ, GERMANY.

RUBBER SOLE SHOES ANB THE LIKE,

` .To all whom 'it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, Freshmen fit/Turris, merchant, a subject of 'the King ot Prtmsla anhd German Emperor7 'residing at lohlL andGerman Empire, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in itubber ASoles for-,Shoes and vthe Like, of which the 7 following is a specification. 10 f My invention relates to inipftovements in rubber-soles for shoes'and the like,

vThe improved rubber-sole ,toi-ming the ob ject of my invention comprises a suitably shaped rubber-eframe, an innen-flange of v-sn1all thickness-in one piece 7with seid rnb- `ber-frameanl 1n one line with the Surface of the'v rubber-frame which isto lie against the sole of the shoe and ,the like, means, ruiz-hen Ameans of pegs and the like to the leather" sole ofthe shoe and the like, and a inifhille leather-piece adapted' to till out the t'ree inner space or outcutof said rubber-rame and to rest against Said inner ange ot the rubber-frame, 'said middle leather-piece hei'ing fastened to the' leather-sole of the Shoe by suitable means, such as pegs and. the like This arrangementfnables even an nnslnled person to easily.aliflreadilyeonneet rubber soles to shoes with but va small quantity of pegs or the like. In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which simillar letters refer to corresponding parte ...throughout the several views, Figure l a view from below of the new rubber-traine, acfording to my invention'. l Fig. i2 is a `longitudinal sectionof same on line A-Bof 40 Fig. 1. Fig'. 3 is a Cross-sectional View of,

the.rubber-'frame on line CHD of VFig. l.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of a shoe provided with thenew arrangement.

The outer part of my improved rubbersole is composed of a frame et 'suitable shape, Said fram-e having a middle tree space or.' intent of suitable contigmation, in order to save expensive rubber material and to allo i oi a leather illing-pieee or partial inner ontout or edge of the rubbers-frame is ln one pieee with the' Speoiioetonof Letters Patent.

Patenten hay ie, rete.

Application 'filed June 1S, 1911. Serial No. 632,880.

breadth, said iange o lying ini the saine ievel the surface 01"' the ruhberraine which is to rest against the ,Gole ot' the shoe a i the L. ln eavit-iesI of suitable "di iensione formed in the ruhhe frame fr. nail leather-strips r: are let in, these leather strips being iinenclefft to etiilien the rubber, e?. e. to allow of pegs f the like being' driven through7 .in order to fasten the rubbebframe to the shoe vxphout the possibility of the rubber being damaged, inaenmeh rubber, as .a matten of tact, does'not 'withstand the lateraltearingaction of pegs directly in serterl or driven into it, such tearing always; tahoe platre, when the toot. pres. the sole oi the shoe. In this: way, theleatl'ierstrips o :zi'ortl a protertion oit' the leather und augment the resistance anl durability of Ivhe whole Connection. lf`ui'thfr, in the tree innl )ace or outeutot the rubbertraine is-inn rtoti a leather-inem e shown in tlotte'il lines in Fig. 3 and in full lines in Fig. et. This leather-piece, partial sole or filler e hasl the elaine .torni or conguration otion' as the inner free space or outcut of the rnl corresponding part of shoe.

The leather-piece, partial sole or filler e is fixed. in position by suitable means, suoli. as pegs and the like, driven through'the edge or rim of said part e and through the flange Z; et the rubber-frame a.

Having thus described myinventiomwhat I Claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is A' rubberrsole,A comprising` suitably shaped rubber-iframe, an inner Flange of small thickness-end breadth in one piece with said 1ubberiranie anrlV in the same level as thesurface of the rubber-frame which is to lie against the sole ot vthe Shoe the flange of the rubber-1f l'rame t' and presses said flange against ther the leather-sole 'of the l and the `like, ,a Vseries of leatlierst1ips let in up toa eel-tain depth into said rubbolw.

`leat11erso1e by means of pegs and the like,

:md a. leather Ung-pece of the same shape as the inner edge of the rubber-frame and having at its outer edge shoulder Corr@- sponding to smid inner iange of the rubber- 'mme. said Hng-piece being to rest ngans .said 'fungc of ih@ rubber-frame :um to be r'mned to ih@ sok by suitable means', Such 'as'- @QS and the like, substantalv aef V J r In testlmonjf Wherflo" zui ture 1n presence of two with? FRIEDRCH I vitnerses: g' GERJ'RUD B ONA, I M. KNYUSRS, 

